Facet @Facet@chitter.xyz

Tail: Raccoon tails are not actually that big or useful. Thus, having a high tail stat means defiance of natural tendency for the sake of expressiveness. The furryness stat.

Soft: How soft and cuddly you are. Raccoons are actually quite affectionate around those they're comfortable with, so being good and comfy to nuzzle into is paramount.

Thievery: One's ability to make off with things, whether by stealth, cuteness, surprise, or the general weirdness of a raccoon encounter.

Washing: One's ability to clean things with one's weird little hands.

Chittering: One's propensity to make cute little animal sounds when happy.

Mask: Mysteriousness. The mask represents the unknowable, the mystical. The allure of the raccoon.

Hi. My name is Facet, and I'm a raccoon. I'm a little bit of a private person, but always willing to meet new people. I try to promote honest positivity whenever I can; I don't always succeed, but I try.

I'm a kinda-sorta game developer, and a Twitch streamer. I don't stream to make a brand or audience really, I just like fostering a relaxing space and enjoying games with people.

I am agender, asexual, and panromantic. 💜

#introduction
(Not actually missing an arm.)

Of all of the common subject matters and themes in metal, hair, hard rock, all that stuff, by far the most important one to me is individuality and self-expression.

I wish I was someone who could put my thoughts out freely and easily. Instead I keep like, withholding stuff for a million different reasons, and needing to flesh out and heavily quality my thoughts before I feel comfortable presenting them.

Kinda like this.

Good morning!

"It's 5 PM!"

Don't worry, it's fine! Good morning!

(Get it? Hopping? Rabbit character? I'll see myself out.)

Hopping back into Children of Mana tonight and hoping to finish it all up tonight. The campaign at least is pretty short, but they intend you to do a lot of the randomly-generated quests for your play time.

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

I had to nap to keep my plans for the day in order, so let's hope this doesn't spiral into me being awake til after dawn.

The main problem is there's a *lot* to get back into the groove of, old reference sheets to pull back up.

Disgaea 5 was my main example of the latter type for a very long time. I kinda started running out of things to do on my primary goal, but i never reached it. So it kind of fell off because repeating the thing I was doing wasn't continuing to bear fruit.

Maybe it's time, months later, to get back in with a fresh mindset and new goals. Because the cozy levels are off the chart there.

When it comes to games, I basically need two kinds of games:
1. Decidedly finite games I can play til I reach a certain level of completion, either short or medium term, things I can intend to beat and move on from.
2. Cozy fallbacks, things I can have a file going for hundreds of not thousands of hours, that I can always feel comfortable hopping in and poking for various intents and purposes.

Valkyrie
Peak 80s hair band
Witch/sorceress/etc.
80s anime villainess
Motherly innkeeper
Heavy cyborg, or robotic suit user
AI hologram

This is my "try to parse my brain for things suitable to post on social media because I never think about this and that's why I'm usually very quiet" face.

There are a lot of Mana games that actually push really hard to make the story essentially and heavily tragic, and few that keep it lighthearted like this.

Children of Mana is kind of a diversion from the normal model of the series, but it captures the "cozy, whimsical" feel of the world really well, while still maintaining an exciting 'fun' aura around the action.

It's extremely... comfortable. Fairy tale-like, without being childish, for as often as the two are considered inextricable.

It's also the first time the dark element isn't considered essentially tied to evil and evil characters, so there's that.

Getting started with Children of Mana today, the first of a few off-genre Mana games to all come out in the same year.

Join me for the Adventures of the Absolute Unit.

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

I had In n Out for the first time today. It's uh... Well the meat was very unspectacular, but the toasted bun and excess of cheese made it reminiscent of a grilled cheese so there was some positive to it. Just uh, I could make a much better and less greasy grilled cheese on my own, so...

Also the fries were like... Spongy? They were unlike any fries I've had in my life, and not in a good way. They didn't even eat like they were made from potato at all.

Bigger problem? It's fasting, and I'm not very fast at all.

Gotta go have bloodwork done today. I don't mind this or anything, it's just, I've been striving all year to get a simple thyroid assessment done, but between my issues and a series of setbacks, it's still ongoing.

I've actually been looking forward to this.

Finally time to relax and... Spend the next couple hours working on videos.

\o/